Utilizing hygroscopic products with brooms



Sept. 8, 1931. H. TREPADE 1,822,831

- UTILIZING HYeRoscoPIc PRODUCTS wmf BnooMs Filed Dec. 2e, 1928 PatentedSept. 1931 I' i I i FV wa.

UNITED STATES ,PATENT .OFFICE HENRI TRRPAD, or rARrs, JRANCR U'rrLrzrNGHYeRoscorro rRonUc'rs wr'rn RR-colas i 'A y Application mea December 2s,1923,' seriai No. 228,583, and inl-reame December 30,2192?. Y g;

This invention relates to brooms and dust stances serve to supplyysufficient moisture absorbing agents for use therewith. More to thebristles to absorbior coagulate the dust, particularly, it relates tobrooms of the kind and this ymethod ofsupplying they moisture which areprovided with a receptacle or obviatesrthe necessity of employingliquidm receptacles in the head of the broom for stortight reservoirs inthe l.brooms with means 55 age of dust absorbing agents which are fedfor controlling the supply lof liquid therefrom therefrom to thebristles; and the invention to the straws or bristles, alsoobviating'the consists in applying to such brooms whether vnecessity offusing fabric'sffor` conducting `the made of straw, vegetable or animalfibre, or liquid from the reservoirs `to the bristles, ala twistedcotton fringes, a liygroscopic subthough if desired'strip's of Vegetablefibre 60 stance in solid form for the purpose of supwoven or otherwisemayfbeincorporated in plying moisture to the bristles to absorb or thebroom for the purpose' of vassisting in coagulate the dust and thusprevent same moistemng the bristles.1 gThe top off the from rising whensweeping. broom stock 1 vmay be'covered .with a metal I will explain theinvention with reference or like cap l8. The'straws 6 maybe fas-v 5 tothe accompanying drawings which illustended to the body 1'by stitchingor othertrate several practical embodiments thereof wlse, and the lowerends of the reservoirs 5 to enable others to adopt and use the same,open into the upperv ends tof tliestraws (iadand will summarize in theclaims the essenjacent the line ofi stitching. p

tial features for which protection is de- For the broom of'veg'etableandanimal fi- 70 sired. bers, used separately or mixed, shown in Fig.

In said drawings 3, the upperv end of the woodenstock 9 holding n Fig. 1is a sectional elevation of one form the fibers A16, is provided with acover 10 havof broom head. mg an opening llthrou'gh which thes'olid hy-Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line glOScOpc products areintroduced; a'sliding 2 2, Fig. 1. closure 12 1s vadapted to close saidhole. Open- Fig 3 is a, Sectional elevation through a ings 13 are formed1n the stock 9 communimodified form of broom head. cating directly withthe bristles 16.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line Ll--4, Fig. 3. Bridging the cover of thebroom is a bowed I I 3 Figisasectional elevation of still anothermetallic band 17 pierced with a groove or 8 modification. holes 14through which passes a threaded r-od Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation ofstill another 15 Xed t0 the handle 4, and a screw 18 atmodification.tached to the metal band 17 by a metal ring For the straw broom, Figs. 1and 2,Imake, sliding the whole length of the band will whileconstructing same, three holes in the hold tightly the handle4to theband 17 in any 85 body 1 of the broom, using` metal sheaths 2. adjustedpOSUOIl.

The central hole 8 which is made by .the To `fix the handle 4 to thebroom it will only mandrel of the machine used to make the be needed toput the holes of the ring, the

broom, is adapted to receive the handle 4, metal band 17 and the screw18 one on top of--.

while the other two holes 5 are used as reserthe other and to pass thethreaded rod 15 9 voirs. through same. The metal band 17 clamped In thereservoirs 5 are placed hygroscopic tightly between the handle 4 and thescrew products, such as chlorides of earthy metals, 18 will fasten thehandle4 to the broom. The

i. e., calcium chloride or magnesium chloride, handle can also be fixeddirectly to the broom or any other solid hygroscopic products, usedthrough a flanged opening 2O in the center' separately or mixed. Plugs 7may be used of the cover 10 as shown in Fig. 5.

to close the tops of reservoirs 5. In becom- The fibers can thus behumidilied without ing liquid said products humidify the strawreservoirs to give the brooms a better apwhich agglutinates the dust. Inthe course pearance and better use.

5 of liquefaction, the solid hygroscopic sub- For brooms of cotton asshown in Fig. 6,

74! the Asolid substance.

`the reservoir adapted absorption of humidity from the lair and a fringe21 is wrapped tightly round a metal frame 22 of symmetrical shapeattached to a handle 4. The frame 22 can also be made of a metal band orof wood. The fringe is then moistened with a liquified hygroscopicproduct.

The advantage of using my brooms, is that same lare essentiallyhygienic. by allowing sweeping without raising dust; also they givelonger use than dry brooms.

The hygroscopic products can also be mixed v with granulated products tobe used for sweeping Without raisingfdust, and if desired Ydisinfectants may I claim i l. `In a broom or the like, a perforatedreservor and a solid hygroscopio product conbe readily incorporated.

ysisting of calcium chloride in the reservoir adapted to slowly liquefyby absorbing humidity from the air whereby the. broom will be maintainedmoist.v

2. In a broom or the like; .aperforated reservoir; and solid hygroscopicproducts in lto liquefy .slowly by thereby moisten the broom.

3.. In: .a broom or anegarthy metal in the reservoir adapted to lquefyslowly by absorption of humidity from the air and thereby moisten thebroo ,74; The method of applying moisture tothe bristles of broomsvwhchconsists in placing a solid hygroscopic` substance vadapted to slowlyliquefy by absorption of humidity from the air, in contact with theupper ends of the bristles, the bristlesl absorbing the moistureproduced by the gradual liquefaction of HENRI TREPAD.

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the like.; a perforated i* reservoir; a solid hygrosoopic product con-30' Asisting of a chloride of

